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Hospital: Dementia patients
Health, Sports & Psychology

Hospital: Dementia patients

...January - this time, he was found wandering semi-naked by police and brought to A&E. Unpredictable and prone to outbursts of challenging behaviour, Stanley isn't coping well at home. His family are keen for the hospital to find him a nursing home place, but it won't be easy. Not every nursing home will have the skills and resources to manage Stanley's demanding behaviour....
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Video 5 mins
Learning to change
OpenLearn Ireland

Learning to change

...the value of life experience and describe how they managed their studies alongside other commitments. Benefit through Learning What the future holds. Adult learners reflect on how their studies have furthered their careers and changed their attitude to life. Johari Windows A technique that helps you create notes about yourself and creates a basis for decision making....
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Video 22 mins
Supporting children's development
Education & Development

Supporting children's development

...managing relationships: Introduction - In this section of the course you will be looking at the development of children’s relationships, both within the family and in schools. It is not intended to be a comprehensive account of how children grow and develop. What it aims to consider are some of the experiences and challenges faced by children and their parents/carers in...
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Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Leadership and followership Badge icon
Education & Development

Leadership and followership

...management (leadership practice). Reflection is an important part of your development as a leader, so you’ll find many reflective activities throughout the course, which are intended to help you build this skill. You may also find it useful to make notes as you go through the course. You can do this using the note-taking tool in the Toolkit or, if you prefer, keep a...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Asset allocation in investment
Money & Business

Asset allocation in investment

...management...Asset allocation in investment: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: recognise how typical client objectives and constraints impacts on asset allocation set client risk and return objectives in the context of an asset allocation process describe the reasons for a written investment policy statement and its major components...
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Level 3: Advanced 9 hrs
The story of a female postal worker
Society, Politics & Law

The story of a female postal worker

...manager in a high-powered, stressful position, so when she heard about the opportunity to become a postal worker (she hoped that this would have a better work-life balance that included sociable hours of work) she jumped at the chance. It wouldn’t be that straight forward though, it never is. Struggling for a job with Royal Mail This wannabe postwoman had an additional...
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Article 10 mins
An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)
Education & Development

An introduction to leadership for school governors (Wales)

...management. It is based on the understanding that researching practice and analysing real situations can lead to change and improvement. The course considers some key issues and concepts in educational leadership and, among others, considers the question of what might constitute good practice in educational leadership and how the capacity to lead might be understood and...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
Migrant businesswomen and the census
Society, Politics & Law

Migrant businesswomen and the census

...Census: migration, gender, and business, and shows how art-based approaches such as storytelling can be used to communicate quantitative Census data. Project team: Dr Carry van Lieshout (The Open University), Gunjan Sondhi (The Open University). Partners: ReWomen (Women of Management and Enterprise Network), CREME (Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship)...
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Article 5 mins